Tank Irrigation of Dry Zones in India: A Sustainable Livelihood

The book makes an attempt to present the effects that research has had in the past and to be continued in future for achieving long-term objective of sustainable livelihood of rural population. There are different kinds of approaches and different ways to measure, particularly groundwater which depends on utility of tank irrigation systems in terms of development, efficiency, management and constraints. The major drawback of inefficient tank irrigation systems is solely due to lack of support among the stakeholders of tank irrigation management communities. On the other hand, particularly in dry zones, groundwater is continuously exploited over the years which created a sort of threat to upcoming generation which leads to huge water scarcity coupled with high investment.